She picked up the phone, waited a few seconds then dialled the number. She heard him pick up.
“Hello?”
She stayed quiet, taking in the sound of his voice, the richness of the baritone. It had a nice ring that made her head spin.
“Hello?”
Tag: self love
Teach Yourself
Do what you said you were going to do.
That way, you are teaching yourself that you can trust yourself because you can count on yourself to keep your word.
That’s one of the best things you can do for yourself. You’re always teaching others what you deserve from them by the things you do and by what standard you hold yourself to. If you can’t count on yourself to be there for yourself and to show up, why should others take you any serious?
In the same vein…
Learn to reward yourself for good things you do, for your accomplishments and for keeping your word.
You’re your number fan. Just as you can be your greatest enemy.
You choose.
Scars To Your Beautiful
It was a totally new and different situation I found myself when I said it again. The first time, I had been in a tight spot I’d put myself in and I had said it as the last resort to get out. But this time was different, and this time I meant it. I was in bed next to Monica. I looked at her. Her eyes were closed and she was smiling.
That smile was what attracted me to her in the first place. Her dimpled round face was accentuated by that radiant smile no one else in the world could wear so beautifully. It was heavenly. Purely divine. And to not want to explore beyond that surface smile to see into what beauty lies beneath it was, to me, the greatest sin I could ever commit.
I looked closely at her now. The smile was radiant all right. But now, I could see something else in it. It was a flutter of uncertainty that creeped out when she was lost in thought. Continue reading “Scars To Your Beautiful”